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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I love my Gentoo-devs, but what is the train of thought here? |
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>>> skype-2.2.0.35-r1 was ~amd64 yesterday. It's installed and working |
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>>> fine. Today 2.2.0.35-r99 is ~amd64, which is perfectly fine, but |
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>>> they've completely removed -r1 and now I'm required to unmask |
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>>> emulation packages that only came out today? That doesn't seem quite |
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>>> right... |
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>>> Why did they completely get rid of -r1? That should stick around for a |
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>>> little while after -r99 becomes ~amd64, shouldn't it? |
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>>> - Mark |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> -r1 had a security problem. You should unmask the emulation packages |
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>> and continue the update process. Look at the ChangeLog so see what |
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>> changed. Both versions are ~amd64 so I don't understand your complain |
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>> about keeping -r1 in the tree for a while. |
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>> Markos |
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> Thanks Markos. That's likely what I'll do, although the alternative |
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> I'm looking at for now is possibly getting -r1 from an overlay. |
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> I didn't think I was _complaining_. I was just asking what the train |
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> of thought was that leads them to do this sort of thing. Everything in |
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> the world has a security problem. We know they are either found or not |
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> found. Unmasking 8 emulation libraries that have _yesterdays_ date in |
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> their names, and therefore makes them quite new, may: |
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> 1) Create more security problems |
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> 2) Create issues with other programs that use the libraries. |
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> Anyway, thanks for the response. I'll either unmask or use an overlay. |
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> Cheers, |
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> Mark |
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Well, based on my experience, the emul-* packages are rather safe to |
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use so it should not be a problem to unmask them. Otherwise, you can |
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always grab -r1 from http://sources.gentoo.org and keep it in a local |
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overlay |
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Markos |